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Police are looking into Shinji Saito, a member of the comedy group Jungle Pocket and who appeared in the Umamusume movie, due to allegations of sexual assault. According to NNN, the incident took place in July 2024. [Thanks, Game Watch!]

As mentioned earlier, the assault took place back in July 2024 and it happened in a studio bus they’d been using while filming a television program. The victim is a woman in her 20s. Saito has confessed to the allegations. He also stated that he regrets causing trouble to the victim and his own family due to his thoughtless actions.

Saito Shinji, who is 41 years old as of 2024, is a Japanese comedian, actor, voice actor, and race horse owner. He was part of the comedy group Jungle Pocket. His love of race horsing, as well as him being a part of a comedy group called Jungle Pocket, may have been why he appeared in Umamusume Pretty Derby: Beginning of a New Era as a commentator. As a result of this criminal incident, Yoshimoto Kogyo, the company that employs Jungle Pocket, has dismissed him from the job. Saito’s declining health had limited his appearances from August 2024, even prior to this scandal.

Umamusume: Pretty Derby is available on mobile devices and Windows PC, with an English release is in the works.

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Cygames and Toho Movie has announced a movie for Umamusume: Pretty Derby. The title of the movie is Umamusume: Pretty Derby - Beginning of a New Era, and it’ll come out on May 24, 2024 in Japan.

You can watch the trailer here:

Like the games, the movie seems to focus on the horse girls working hard in order to win their races and beat their rivals. It’ll be kind of like a sports anime, in that sense. Horse girls who will play a major role in the Umamusume: Pretty Derby movie are: Jungle Pocket, Agnes Tachyon, Manhattan Cafe, Dantsu Flame, and TM Opera O.

From the trailer, it seems that the movie will follow Jungle Pocket as the protagonist, who experiences defeat at the hands of Agnes Tachyon. Though Jungle Pocket views Agnes Tachyon as her rival and trains to defeat her, Agnes Tachyon, like in the game, has very little actual interest in racing and doesn’t care about winning. The movie focuses on a group of horse girls separate from the ones who starred in the anime. The anime featured characters like Special Week, Kitasan Black, and Gold Ship.

Umamusume: Pretty Derby is readily available for Windows PC and mobile devices, and it’s only in Japanese. Umamusume: Pretty Derby - Beginning of a New Era will appear in movie theaters in Japan from May 24, 2024.

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